CDS || English || Miscellaneous || 02-12-2018 for CDS & Defence Exams

Question 1

Direction: Look at the bold part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (A), (B) or (C) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response against the corresponding letter (A), (B) or (C). If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (D) as your response. Thus, a “No improvement” response will be signified by the letter (D).

She is hell bent at getting a job in that city.

Question 2

Direction: Look at the bold part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (A), (B) or (C) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response against the corresponding letter (A), (B) or (C). If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (D) as your response. Thus, a “No improvement” response will be signified by the letter (D).

Since it’s his birthday on Monday, so he’s had a party.

Question 3

Direction: In the following question, a passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.

S1: The roots of the Baha’i faith go back to a nineteenth-century religion called “Babism”.
S6: He also saw himself as a “forerunner” to an even greater manifestation destined to emerge later.
P: Babism, which broke off from the Shiite form of Islam, was founded in 1844 in Persia.
Q: He then proclaimed himself a prophet or manifestation of God greater than Muhammad, and claimed that he was sent by God “to replace Muhammad’s religion and laws with his own.”
R: The founder, a young businessman who assumed the title “Bab”, began to proclaim a new religious system that took a marked departure from his Islamic roots.
S: For example, he stated that the religious prophets were divine “manifestations” of God himself.

Question 4

Direction: In the following question, a passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.

S1: The AHA developed a Health Campaign for Life’s Simple 7, which emphasizes that adults and young people can live healthier lives.
S6: New data on measures of cardiovascular health in Hispanics find similar results as previous reports in non-Hispanic groups.
P: By avoiding smoking and tobacco products, engaging in daily PA, eating a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight, and keeping cholesterol, BP, and glucose at healthy levels.
Q: A recent meta-analysis of 9 prospective cohort studies involving 12 878 participants contributed new estimates of the importance of cardiovascular health metrics and risk for clinical events
R: The meta-analysis showed that achieving the greatest ideal cardiovascular health metrics was associated with a lower risk of stroke.
S: The health benefits of pursuing cardiovascular health are observed across races/ethnicities and the nation.

Question 5

Direction: In the following question, a passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.

S1: A sandstorm usually arrives suddenly in the form of an advancing wall of dust and debris which may be miles long and several thousand feet high.
S6: But the actions a motorist takes during the storm may be the most important of his or her life.
P: Sandstorms usually last only a few minutes
Q: That may involve chain collisions, creating massive pileups.
R: Blinding, choking dust can quickly reduce visibility, causing accidents
S: They strike with little warning, making driving conditions hazardous.

Question 6

Direction: For the expression which has been underlined in each of the following sentence, choose the response A, B, C or D, which most nearly expresses its meaning.

Moralists are usually persons who abstain from alcoholic drinks.

Question 7

The chairman is quick to find fault and is hard to please.

Question 8

Scriptural injunctions should not be opposed or treated with contempt.

Question 9

A fortress on a commanding height for defense of a city is called

Question 10

Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
Longing for a period in the past